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Connor Esterwood1, Xin Ye2, Ruijia Guan2
1Ilitch School of Business, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
Science Robotics
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The validity of virtually represented robots in HRI experiments depends on when, where, and for whom it matters.
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